In the 1960s a statewide milk income pooling plan was adopted in California because the state was not eligible to be part of the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) program since geographic isolation meant...

my mother often tells the story of when she was a young child and went on a trip with her sister, mother, aunt, and two cousins

The corn planting season will start soon in most regions of the U.S. This means it is time for planning our silage replenishment strategies

The most important employees on a dairy farm are the cows. What we do for our bovine employees during the dry period plays a big role in how they perform once they re-enter the milking herd

Geographical indicators (GIs) have held an increasingly important role at the trade talk table over the course of the last decade

Jersey Class in the 2021 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest

2021 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest, Ayrshire Class

2021 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging contest, Holstein Class

As of 2017, nearly 300,000 acres of cover crops were planted across New York state. That’s 7% of the state’s total cropland, and that land number continues to grow

Scarcity and oversupply were two of the stories that permeated the past year as COVID-19 influenced dairy markets

High milk production brings new challenges, one of them being the beginning of the dry-off period

Grocery store customers rarely see the fluctuations in prices for their milk, cheese, butter, and other dairy products that dairy farmers experience in their payment prices

Assigning, analyzing, and performing activity analysis allows farmers understand their detailed loading and mixing feed costs, said Jason Karszes of PRO-DAIRY

U.S. cheesemakers experienced a similar breakthrough at the 2019 World Cheese Awards when our cheesemakers claimed 131 medals. But our disruptive moment came when — for the first time — a U.S....

As winter turns into spring, we try to catch up on many random projects around the farm

I saw a Facebook post the other day from an old college friend that said if you don’t believe that there is still sexism in 2021, then feel free to walk with her into a variety of presumably male-dominated...

A combination of factors contributes to high-quality milk, but for New York dairy farmer Jim Davenport, he believes a low somatic cell count begins at the teat level

Jim Davenport, a dairy farmer from Ancramdale, N.Y., presents “Clean cows make clean milk.”

The benefits of feeding sugar, often by means of molasses, to dairy cows have been well-researched. From a physiological standpoint, sugar supplementation improves microbial efficiency and supports fiber-digesting...